osnoise runs 100% of time by default. It makes sense because osnoise
is preemptive. hwnoise checks preemption once a second, so it
reduces system progress.
Reduce runtime to 75% to avoid problems by default. I added a Fixes
as it might avoid problems for first time users as it lands on distros.
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx>
Fixes: 1f428356c38d ("rtla: Add hwnoise tool")
Signed-off-by: Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/tracing/rtla/src/osnoise_top.c | 8 +++++++-
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/osnoise_top.c b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/osnoise_top.c
index 85abba568faf..f7c959be8677 100644
--- a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/osnoise_top.c
+++ b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/osnoise_top.c
@@ -348,8 +348,14 @@ struct osnoise_top_params *osnoise_top_parse_args(int argc, char **argv)
if (!params)
exit(1);
- if (strcmp(argv[0], "hwnoise") == 0)
+ if (strcmp(argv[0], "hwnoise") == 0) {
params->mode = MODE_HWNOISE;
+ /*
+ * Reduce CPU usage for 75% to avoid killing the system.
+ */
+ params->runtime = 750000;
+ params->period = 1000000;
+ }
while (1) {
static struct option long_options[] = {
--
2.38.1
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